Freeman and Banderas' Straight-To-DVD "The Code" Is #1 In Video Rentals - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 07-03-2009, 06:11 AM

Straight-to-DVD Movie Winds Up At No. In Rental Stores
2 July 2009 1:25 PM, PDT

Ordinarily a movie that goes straight to video is regarded as being among the dregs of a studio's output, but last week, The Code, starring Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas, debuted at No. 1 on Home Media magazine's rental chart without ever seeing the light of a theater screen.

In second place was Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic, followed by Warner Bros.' Inkheart, which flopped in theaters.

Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, which held the top spot a week ago, fell to No. 4 this week.

On the sales chart, Confessions was at the top, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert, while Gran Torino slid to second place.

-IMDB News

* The Code is about:
In New York, the experienced art thief, Keith Ripley (Freeman), invites the bold thief from Miami, Gabriel Martin (Banderas), to team up with him. He plans the heist of two valuable mysterious antique Faberge eggs, located in a safe, of the well protected Russian jewelry Romanov.

Each egg is worth twenty million dollars on the black market, and Ripley needs his cut to free himself from his debt to a powerful mobster, known as Nicky. The reluctant Gabriel agrees to participate, after having a one night stand with Ripley's goddaughter Alexandra Karolin.

Meanwhile, the persistent Lieutenant Weber (Robert Forster), who has unsuccessfully tried to put Ripley in jail for twenty years, figures out how to anticipate the movements of the criminal in order to catch him.

comedyfreak · 07-03-2009, 08:10 AM

I liked The Code, wonder why it was never released in theatres.

JamesG · 07-03-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I liked The Code, wonder why it was never released in theatres.

What I do know is that this film was released over in Europe for a while now; I believe since February 2009 under the title Thick as Thieves. It just came to the US last week.

This also isn't Morgan Freeman's first direct-to-DVD. I don't know how many he has had but a few years ago I saw one he did with John Cusack called The Contract.

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JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,161	Freeman and Banderas' Straight-To-DVD "The Code" Is #1 In Video Rentals Straight-to-DVD Movie Winds Up At No. In Rental Stores 2 July 2009 1:25 PM, PDT Ordinarily a movie that goes straight to video is regarded as being among the dregs of a studio's output, but last week, The Code, starring Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas, debuted at No. 1 on Home Media magazine's rental chart without ever seeing the light of a theater screen. In second place was Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic, followed by Warner Bros.' Inkheart, which flopped in theaters. Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, which held the top spot a week ago, fell to No. 4 this week. On the sales chart, Confessions was at the top, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert, while Gran Torino slid to second place. -IMDB News * The Code is about: In New York, the experienced art thief, Keith Ripley (Freeman), invites the bold thief from Miami, Gabriel Martin (Banderas), to team up with him. He plans the heist of two valuable mysterious antique Faberge eggs, located in a safe, of the well protected Russian jewelry Romanov. Each egg is worth twenty million dollars on the black market, and Ripley needs his cut to free himself from his debt to a powerful mobster, known as Nicky. The reluctant Gabriel agrees to participate, after having a one night stand with Ripley's goddaughter Alexandra Karolin. Meanwhile, the persistent Lieutenant Weber (Robert Forster), who has unsuccessfully tried to put Ripley in jail for twenty years, figures out how to anticipate the movements of the criminal in order to catch him.